Ten years in prison for man who conspired to help ISIS

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NEWARK — From Bergen County to Jordan to jail — a New Jersey man accused of traveling to the Middle East to help the Islamic State will spend 10 years in a U.S. federal prison.

Nader Saadeh, 23, pleaded guilty in December 2015 to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He was sentenced Monday and will also serve a lifetime of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Investigators determined Saadeh said Islamic State fighters are his "Muslim brothers," and acts of violence were justified, including the burning of a Jordanian Air Force pilot and attacks on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, according to the FBI.

Agents found evidence on a computer that Saadeh researched the Islamic State, including visiting web pages with a video of the burning pilot and an Islamic State propaganda video.

Saadeh, a graduate of Fort Lee High School and one-time resident of Rutherford, traveled to Jordan in May 2015, where he was detained, a court document shows. He was charged by U.S authorities in August 2015.

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